Every once in a while, I send email to people on cragslist that do computer repair offering to buy their scrap. The other day, I got this as a reply and I wanted to cry.
Matt,
My used parts inventory is very limited at this time. Most of my PC fixes are software related however if I require parts for a service call I usually order them new unless they are older components and then I suggest the client to upgrade completely and they usually keep their old systems. I wish you sent me this email 6 months ago when the company I worked for went out of business. They were a computer integrations company and ended up throwing out three 20 yard dumpsters full to top of old pc parts. I'm talking everything from laptops to old cisco servers stacked with blades and all. Most of the parts went to a recycling center and they were all given away. If I were aware then what you just told me I could have gotten you more pc parts than you would know what to do with. Over 1000 motherboards from old desktops, 1000 pieces of ram, pci cards, old vid cards, crt monitors etc etc... If I do know of any more salvage getting discarded you will be the first one I notify. I know the old building that we used to operate out of is still being rented due to the fact there is still much inventory left there. I will inquire on that and get back to you if they are deciding to get rid of any more hardware. I know there is well over 300-400 wireless AP's still sitting there and a couple hundred 10 base T and 100 meg switches they were going to use for trade ins but now that the business is out I don't have any clue what they are planning on doing with them. Would that be something you are interested in?
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